United Nations envoy to Libya cancels visit to Tripoli

UN envoy to Libya Martin Kobler has canceled a visit to Tripoli that was set for Wednesday without explaining the reasons.

Kobler said in a Twitter posting on Wednesday that he has had to cancel another flight to Tripoli. He said that he “wanted to help pave the way to peace” and that the United Nations must be given access to the Libyan capital. 

Kobler has been pressing Libya’s rival parliaments — the one in Tripoli and a second, in the eastern region — to reconcile and accept a third, U.N.-backed government that emerged from a December political agreement between Libya’s factions from both parliaments.

The new, U.N.-backed government faced major challenges — including how to get into Tripoli, tentatively planned later this week.

Source : MENA